Waves, Runs, and All Sorts of Fun Shit: Week of 8-29 to 9-4

Finally, some decent surf!  Hurricane season kicked in with a vengeance, and just happened to coincide with the start of school (sorry, kids!).  Waves aplenty on the horizon!  I plan on getting in some early sessions before work if at all possible.  Been too long...

Oh, and I'm in for Ghost Train!

Monday - 0.

Tuesday - 1.5 Hours/3+ Miles (Surf) - Hurricane Gaston surf session, K38/39.  Got up early and headed to Matunuck, which was mobbed, apparently, as early as 5:30.  Crazy.  Instead of dealing with that nonsense, I hit one of my other favorite spots and it was firing, but without the crowds.  Great session, got caught up with a few old friends, and was only a little late getting to work...

Wednesday - 0.

Thursday - 1.5 Hours/3.2 Miles (Surf), 4 Miles (Roads) - Matunuck Lunch Break.  As soon as we hit a slow point at the current job site, I was able to take off for a couple hours and hit Matunuck, where I was greeted with light crowds, glassy waist-plus high waves, and at times, pouring rain.  Perfection.  Surfed for an hour and a half, then changed and went back to work.  Now that's a lunch break!  Got home late, and did a 4 mile out/back progression from the house.  Added 100 pushups to kick off the "10,000 Pushup Challenge," which is 100 for 100 days, total of 10,000...only 99 to go!

Friday - 0 Miles.  100 pushups.

Saturday - 5+ Miles.  Course Marking/Sweeping at the inaugural Wahaneeta 5k Trail Race, Westerly.  Running around in the woods with friends, marking a new trail race course for runners, and no pressure to toe the line?  Sounds good!  I stuck to my self-imposed rule of not racing until Kismet, but still get to participate in race day.  Perfect.  Had a blast, and left feeling like I got a good workout anyway!  And got a dog jog in with Henry after!  And 100 pushups :)

Sunday - 10 Miles.  Devil's Hopyard beatdown.  Needed to do either a long road run from the house, or drive to a hilly trail for some vert...and duh, the trail/vert combo won out!  Gorgeous day, and warm!  Some of the trails are technical, some fairly benign, there's people everywhere, and I got to cool off afterward in a fantastic swimming hole at Chapman Falls.  Awesome!  And 100 pushups :)